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TREACLY
Definition of TREACLY
adjective
Of a liquid, thick and sticky.
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Other senses
TREACLY carries 4 further meanings.
adjective
Cloyingly sweet or sentimental.
Composed of or like treacle abounding in treacle; sweet and viscous.
adjective
Like, or composed of, treacle.
adjective
thick and sticky
Where it comes from
From treacle + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
TREACLY in a sentence
“The Anglican Church of Canada immersed in treacly conversation”
The Anglican Church of Canada immersed in treacly conversation « Anglican Samizdat, 2010
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TREACLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 44 boards so far. 108 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TREACLY starts with T and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACELRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TREACL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found TREACLY?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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